Overview
Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Blue-necked Tanager
Common Names in French:
Calliste à cou bleu
Common Names in German:
Azurkopftangare
Common Names in Japanese:
ズアオクロフウキンチョウ
Description
Habitat
Semi-open areas, isolated trees and bushes, plantations and palm groves.
Vegetation: montaine evergreen forests, tropical lowland evergreen forest, tropical lowland evergreen forest, second-growth forests and woodlands • Maximum Elevation: 2,400 meters • Foraging Strata: Canopy • Center of Abundance: Upper tropical: higher slopes, 900-1,600 m.; tropics. • Sensitivity to Disturbance: Low
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 4,653 meters (0 to 15,266 feet).[1]
Ecology:
List of Habitats
:
- 1 Forest
- 1.6 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland
- 1.9 Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane
- 2 Savanna
- 2.1 Savanna - Dry
- 3 Shrubland
- 3.5 Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Dry
- 3.6 Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical Moist
- 3.7 Shrubland - Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude
- 14 Artificial/Terrestrial
- 14.3 Artificial/Terrestrial - Plantations
- 14.6 Artificial/Terrestrial - Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest [more info]
Biology
Diet
Fruit and insects.
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Aves
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass:
Avialae
()
- Gauthier, 1986
- Infraclass:
Aves
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758)
- Cohort:
Neognathae
()
- Pycraft, 1900
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
()
- Sibley et al., 1988
- Order:
Passeriformes
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Suborder:
Passeres
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758) C. Linnaeus, 1766
- Superfamily:
Passeroidea
()
-
- Family:
Thraupidae
()
- Genus:
Tangara
()
- Brisson, 1760
- Specific name:
cyanicollis
- (Orbigny & Lafresnaye) 1837
- Scientific name: - Tangara cyanicollis (D'Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837) (Orbigny & Lafresnaye) 1837
- Specific name:
cyanicollis
- (Orbigny & Lafresnaye) 1837
- Genus:
Tangara
(
- Family:
Thraupidae
(
- Superfamily:
Passeroidea
(
- Suborder:
Passeres
(
- Order:
Passeriformes
(
- Superorder:
Passerimorphae
(
- Cohort:
Neognathae
(
- Infraclass:
Aves
(
- Subclass:
Avialae
(
- Class:
Aves
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Tangara cyanicollis (d`Orbigny & Lafresnaye, 1837)
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 11-Oct-2007
Similar Species
Members of the genus Tangara
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 72 species and subspecies in this genus:
T. argyrofenges (Green-Throated Tanager) · T. arthus (Golden Tanager) · T. arthus arthus (Golden Tanager) · T. cabanisi (Azure-Rumped Tanager) · T. callophrys (Opal-Crowned Tanager) · T. cayana (Burnished Buff Tanager) · T. cayana cayana (Burnished Buff Tanager) · T. chilensis (Paradise Tanager) · T. chilensis chilensis (Paradise Tanager) · T. chrysotis (Golden-Eared Tanager) · T. cucullata (Lesser Antillean Tanager) · T. cyanicollis (Blue-Necked Tanager) · T. cyanocephala (Red-Necked Tanager) · T. cyanocephala cyanocephala (Red-Necked Tanager) · T. cyanoptera (Black-Headed Tanager) · T. cyanoptera cyanoptera (Black-Headed Tanager) · T. cyanotis (Blue-Browed Tanager) · T. cyanotis cyanotis (Blue-Browed Tanager) · T. cyanoventris (Gilt-Edged Tanager) · T. desmaresti (Brassy-Breasted Tanager) · T. dowii (Spangle-Cheeked Tanager) · T. fastuosa (Seven-Coloured Tanager) · T. florida (Emerald Tanager) · T. florida florida (Emerald Tanager) · (Green-Naped Tanager) · T. guttata (Speckled Tanager) · T. guttata guttata (Speckled Tanager) · T. gyrola (Bay-Headed Tanager) · T. gyrola gyrola (Bay-Headed Tanager) · T. heinei (Black-Capped Tanager) · T. icterocephala (Silver-Throated Tanager) · T. icterocephala icterocephala (Silver-Throated Tanager) · T. inornata (Plain-Coloured Tanager) · (Blue-Whiskered Tanager) · T. labradorides (Metallic-Green Tanager) · T. labradorides labradorides (Metallic-Green Tanager) · T. larvata (Golden Masked Tanager) · T. lavinia (Rufous-Winged Tanager) · T. lavinia lavinia (Rufous-Winged Tanager) · T. mexicana (Turquoise Tanager) · T. mexicana mexicana (Turquoise Tanager) · T. meyerdeschauenseei (Green-Capped Tanager) · T. nigrocincta (Masked Tanager) · T. nigroviridis (Beryl Spangled Tanager) · T. nigroviridis nigroviridis (Beryl Spangled Tanager) · T. palmeri (Gray-And-Gold Tanager) · T. parzudakii (Flame-Faced Tanager) · T. parzudakii parzudakii (Flame-Faced Tanager) · T. peruviana (Black-Cheeked Tanager) · T. phillipsi (Sira Tanager) · T. preciosa (Chestnut-Backed Tanager) · T. pulcherrima (Golden-Collared Honeycreeper) · T. punctata (Spotted Tanager) · T. punctata punctata (Spotted Tanager) · T. ruficervix (Golden-Napped Tanager) · T. ruficervix ruficervix (Golden-Napped Tanager) · T. rufigenis (Rufous-Cheeked Tanager) · T. rufigula (Rufous-Throated Tanager) · T. schrankii (Green and Gold Tanager) · T. schrankii schrankii (Green-And-Gold Tanager) · T. seledon (Green-Headed Tanager) · T. varia (Dotted Tanager) · T. vassorii (Blue-And-Black Tanager) · T. vassorii vassorii (Blue-And-Black Tanager) · T. velia (Opal-Rumped Tanager) · T. velia velia (Opal-Rumped Tanager) · T. viridicollis (Silver-Backed Tanager) · T. viridicollis viridicollis (Silver-Backed Tanager) · T. vitriolina (Scrub Tanager) · T. xanthocephala (Saffron-Crowned Tanager) · T. xanthogastra (Yellow-Bellied Tanager) · T. xanthogastra xanthogastra (Yellow-Bellied Tanager)
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Further Reading
- Check-list of North American birds: the species of birds of North America from the Arctic through Panama, including the West Indies and Hawaiian Islands / prepared by the Committee on Classification and Nomenclature of the American Orni Lawrence, Kan.: American Ornithologists' Union, 1983. url p. 644.
Notes
Contributors
- BirdLife International 2009. Tangara cyanicollis. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 05February2012.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 11, 2008:
- Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility: Provincial Museum of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. Birds (Aves)
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 7723
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-730891
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13787492
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 563286
- IUCN ID: 245221
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 152311
Footnotes
- Mean = 1,477.160 meters (4,846.325 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,092.130 based on 77 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
